if (afs_begin_vnode_operation(&fc, orig_dvnode, key, true)) {
                afs_dataversion_t orig_data_version;
                afs_dataversion_t new_data_version;
-               struct afs_status_cb *new_scb = &scb[1];
 
                orig_data_version = orig_dvnode->status.data_version + 1;
 
                        new_data_version = new_dvnode->status.data_version + 1;
                } else {
                        new_data_version = orig_data_version;
-                       new_scb = &scb[0];
                }
 
                while (afs_select_fileserver(&fc)) {
                        fc.cb_break_2 = afs_calc_vnode_cb_break(new_dvnode);
                        afs_fs_rename(&fc, old_dentry->d_name.name,
                                      new_dvnode, new_dentry->d_name.name,
-                                     &scb[0], new_scb);
+                                     &scb[0], &scb[1]);
                }
 
                afs_vnode_commit_status(&fc, orig_dvnode, fc.cb_break,
                 * Note that if we ever implement RENAME_EXCHANGE, we'll have
                 * to update both dentries with opposing dir versions.
                 */
-               if (new_dvnode != orig_dvnode) {
-                       afs_update_dentry_version(&fc, old_dentry, &scb[1]);
-                       afs_update_dentry_version(&fc, new_dentry, &scb[1]);
-               } else {
-                       afs_update_dentry_version(&fc, old_dentry, &scb[0]);
-                       afs_update_dentry_version(&fc, new_dentry, &scb[0]);
-               }
+               afs_update_dentry_version(&fc, old_dentry, &scb[1]);
+               afs_update_dentry_version(&fc, new_dentry, &scb[1]);
                d_move(old_dentry, new_dentry);
                goto error_tmp;
        }
 
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
 
-       /* unmarshall the reply once we've received all of it */
+       /* If the two dirs are the same, we have two copies of the same status
+        * report, so we just decode it twice.
+        */
        bp = call->buffer;
        ret = xdr_decode_AFSFetchStatus(&bp, call, call->out_dir_scb);
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
-       if (call->out_dir_scb != call->out_scb) {
-               ret = xdr_decode_AFSFetchStatus(&bp, call, call->out_scb);
-               if (ret < 0)
-                       return ret;
-       }
+       ret = xdr_decode_AFSFetchStatus(&bp, call, call->out_scb);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
        xdr_decode_AFSVolSync(&bp, call->out_volsync);
 
        _leave(" = 0 [done]");
 
        ret = xdr_decode_YFSFetchStatus(&bp, call, call->out_dir_scb);
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
-       if (call->out_dir_scb != call->out_scb) {
-               ret = xdr_decode_YFSFetchStatus(&bp, call, call->out_scb);
-               if (ret < 0)
-                       return ret;
-       }
+       ret = xdr_decode_YFSFetchStatus(&bp, call, call->out_scb);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
 
        xdr_decode_YFSVolSync(&bp, call->out_volsync);
        _leave(" = 0 [done]");